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The main exception to this is games, where one might write "''Congratulations! You have won!''". But, even here, if the game could not be saved to disk, the error message would not take an exclamation mark. | The main exception to this is games, where one might write "''Congratulations! You have won!''". But, even here, if the game could not be saved to disk, the error message would not take an exclamation mark. | ||
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Revision as of 22:13, 19 November 2010
Short version
Only use exclamation points (exclamation marks) in games.
Longer version
In general, exclamation points should be used sparingly in user-interface strings. In particular, they should not be used for error messages, to avoid an effect upon the user similar to WRITING IN ALL-CAPS.
The main exception to this is games, where one might write "Congratulations! You have won!". But, even here, if the game could not be saved to disk, the error message would not take an exclamation mark.
